Ars Technica is running an interesting article about the Mail application on Windows 8. It's one of the first party Metro applications, and Ars' conclusion is that it's really, really not up to snuff - it can't even compare favourably to the mail application on Windows Phone. The sad thing is, however - this applies to virtually all Metro applications.

I'd love to see Longbow 2 running on winXP or win7 remotely stable. I'd be pleased as punch just to watch the load up and intro even if it then crashes out of the main menu. It was written for windows; why it no run on Windows?